Controversial funnymen Jonathan Ross and Frankie Boyle are writing comic strips for a new magazine from the creator of Kick-Ass, it was announced today.

Ross has created a vampire storyline for the adult mag CLiNT which is due to be published from September.

It is being launched by comic writer Mark Millar, whose Kick-Ass has been developed into a hit movie, scripted by Ross's wife Jane Goldman. And Millar will unveil his follow-up story when it is serialised in the new magazine, published by Titan Books.

Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall is also set to be turned into a movie and due for 2012 cinema release.

Ross - who is due to leave his BBC1 and Radio 2 shows in the summer when his contract ends - has long been a comic fan and has made TV documentaries about his passion. He also created his own graphic novel Turf with artist Tommy Lee Edwards.

CLiNT will include a serialisation of Turf plus other stories.

Ross and Boyle - who recently left the line-up of panel show Mock The Week - are the first of a range of high-profile figures lined up for the future.

Millar said: "This is The Eagle for the 21st Century. I've worked on everything from Spider-Man comics to the Iron Man movie for Marvel in New York, but what really excites me is the gap I see in the UK market at the moment."

His new magazine will also include features and interviews as well as four comic strip serials each month.

"There are absolutely no comic-books aimed at 16-30-year-old guys and I think CLiNT has potential to make an enormous impact, bringing a new type of magazine to a new generation.

"I want this to be edgy and irreverent, the kind of thing guys will be passing around lunch-halls and common rooms, and there's nobody I'd rather have creating new characters for CLiNT than Jonathan and Frankie.

"They're both brilliant writers and will surprise a lot of people with this stuff.

"The last thing you'd expect from Jonathan, for example, is a vampire strip, but he pulls it off amazingly."

Ross, Boyle and Millar's stories will run for the first six months of the magazine.

"We have the most insane line-up of creators ready to come in and join us," said Millar.

"You'd be amazed how many people who work in film and television want to be comic book writers."